Obituaries from American Citizen Newspaper, Omaha, Nebraska

The obituaries listed are from the American Citizen newspaper, a semi-monthly
newspaper published from July 4, 1938 to October 14, 1985 in Omaha Nebraska by a
member of the Sons of Italy. This was an Italian language newspaper. This paper
told the Italian people what was happening back in Italy and in America. This was one way of communicating with each other.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

In 1924, Alfred Pini, the former LaStampa editor, acquired ownership of The American Citizen and brought the newspaper to Omaha Alfred Pini established a print shop at 1430 So. 16th St. in connection with the Independent Printing Co.,owned by a local Italian pioneer named Bert Caramello. Two year later Pini moved his print shop to St. Louis, but before leaving Omaha he made arrangements for Joseph Glazario, a World War I hero well known in the Omaha Italian colony, to be editor of an Omaha edition of The American Citizen. Joseph Glazario remained editor and manager of the Omaha edition of the newspaper until 1938, paying Pini only the cost of printing. In 1938 Victor Failla, who had been on The American Citizen staff since 1930, took over the management and editorship of the newspaper. He catering to the Italians who had just immigrated from the homeland. The newspaper was printed in the Italian language as most of the newly arrived Italians did not know how to read nor write English yet. Today ninety-five percent of our readers know the English language quite thoroughly.

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I am a Volunteer Genealogist for W. Dale Clark Public Library in Omaha Douglas Co. Nebraska. And was the Vice President of Greater Omaha Genealogy Society in Omaha. I also do look up and researcher for the library and for other that need my help.